Red Neck Hot Tub

Devin is a farm town kid with big dreams and what could be better than a hot tub at 7,000 feet in the fall. With a bunch of people willing to do just about anything, from lighting off Sobe bombs to singing “kum Bah Yah” as long as they had something to do on a Friday night, Devin had his crop of Friday night Rednecks.

Daydreaming at work he came up with an extravagant red neck idea to heat the water transferred from the nearby mountain stream.  Keep in mind that if you were to use a regular water heater from a house it would take nearly 15 hours to heat this same mass of water. Of course I spent 6-1/2 years studying engineering and Devin did not.  Devin did not need engineering, rednecks never do.  He simply new that water pumped inside a brass coil through a big camp fire equaled hot water.  Brilliant!!! He also wound brass plumbing coil through a propane tank with either end cut off that had a torch blowing blue fame over the coil to heat the water. The circulation pump was used to prevent steam build up and to keep water continuously reheated. He would also install sensors for to cold or hot. The too cold sensor was when a mature man’s voice yelped like a little girl. The too hot sensor would be when participants started leaping from the tub.  Engineering grade; scary! Red neck design grade; A+!

Soon the invitations were sent out and the tub came to fruition.  As I arrived it was just getting dark and a crowd of about 30 people were there waiting for the too cold alarm to stop going off. When finally the sensor changed to Ahhhh, all knew it was time to dawn their shorts and brave this high mountain certified redneck hot tub. With amenities such as a TV on the tailgate nearly over hanging the tub some rednecks stated they felt they were at a 5 light bulb hotel.

It was a great night the tub worked and nobody was burned or anything. It should be noted that if considering such things that hot water is hot and fire is hotter and as such is dangerous and can produce steam which can cause pipes to explode sending high heated and pressurized steam everywhere which may cause you to have a red neck for the rest of your life!  I guess I am saying as an Engineer I cannot recommend such activities but it sure was fun!